Islam
Extremism in Central Asia
25.01.2010. Category:Central Asia
The documentary on extremism in Central Asia by Michael Andersen:
Women and Radicalisation in Kyrgyzstan
03.09.2009. Category:Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan’s in creasingly authoritarian government is adopting a counter-productive approach to the country’s growing radicalisation. Instead of tackling the root causes of a phenomenon that has seen increasing numbers, including many women, joining groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), it is resorting to heavy-handed police methods that risk pushing yet more Kyrgyz towards radicalism. The authorities view HT, which describes itself as a revolutionary party that aims to restore by peace ful means the caliphate that once ruled the Mus lim world, as a major security threat. But for some men and ever more women, it offers a sense of identity and belonging, solutions to the day-to-day failings of the society they live in, and an alternative to what they widely view as the Western-style social model that prevails in Kyrgyzstan. Without a major effort to tackle endemic corruption and economic failure, radical ranks are likely to swell, while repression may push at least some HT members into violence. This report focuses pri marily on the increasingly important role that women are playing in the movement.More ...
Terrorist Threat on rise in Ferghana
The threat posed by Islamic militant groups in Central Asia, especially in the Kyrgyz and Tajik portions of the Ferghana Valley, appears to be growing, according to the US State Department’s recently released annual report on terrorism.More ...
President of Kazakhstan signed amendments to draft on issues of organization and actrivity of Islamic banks and organization of Islamic financing
12.02.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed law 'On making amendments and additions on making amendments and changes to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of organization and activity of the Islamic banks and organization of Islamic financing,' which is aimed at implementation in the republic of the system of Islamic banking, agency reports with reference to press service of the president.More ...